Canada joins European 6th-generation GCAP fighter program, will India be next?

Canada, has announced that it is entering the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) initiated by UK‑Japan‑Italy, as an observer. This even as the Royal Canadian Air Force has ordered 88 F-35As from the United States, in a bid to replace each and every older F/A-18 Hornet in service with the fifth-generation fighter aircraft. The sixth-generation GCAP, once operationalised is set to replace fourth-generation fighters such as the Eurofighter Typhoon from UK and Italy's service, as well as the Mitsubishi F-2 from Japanese service. The Canadians are likely to supplement their fleet of F-35s with this more modern fighter aircraft.India, too, is seeking to partner with either the GCAP, or what was the Franco‑German‑Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program. Germany has since left the project, over differences with France. India is currently working on a fifth-generation fighter aircraft called the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).